The Moscow State Circus Is Coming To Town

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The Moscow State Circus Is Coming To Town

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Moscow State Circus
EALING COMMON
LONDON W5 3TJ
WED 19 TO SUN 30 OCTOBER
FOR SHOW TIMES INFO PLEASE VISIT www.moscowstatecircus.com

The Moscow State Circus brings its latest and most spectacular show to date to the UK with this sensational extravaganza BABUSHKIN SEKRET.
    
Inspired by the legend of ‘THE 12 CHAIRS’, the new show takes us on an incredible journey in the company of – without a doubt – the greatest circus performers on earth.
  
A mammoth cast of Russia’s greatest and most talented circus artistes, many of which have never performed in Britain, transform the most famous circus in the world, combining contemporary and classical circus in way never before witnessed.
   
The newly devised show includes:

  • The beautiful queen of Russian circus, Yana Alievia on a revolving aerial chandelier
  • The breathtaking S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S (three men and two girls walk, back flip and perform unbelievable pyramids 30 feet in the air on The legendary high wire)
  • The Whirlwind Rubtsovs troupe who acrobatically catapult themselves across the stage at breakneck speed
  • The juggling Sherbakovs on the revolving giant see-saw
  • The Doktrovs, flying and spiraling in the apex of the auditorium with grace, beauty and elegance
  • The unbelievable vertical pole balancing of The Alikanov
  • The high flying bouncing bamboo bravados of The Perushkins
      
    If all this isn’t enough to keep you on the edge of your seats, then the hilarious clowns, Valik & Valerik, will have you falling off them with laughter.
      
    Add to this the sensational production that is housed in a specially designed chapiteau big top and is uniquely domed to accommodate the complex rigging for the aerial acts, it is supported by only four ‘king’ poles so as not to obscure the audience’s view.

EXCLUSIVE OFFER - 50% OFF ALL SEATS!!!

Rear Circle Restricted View - Adult WAS £10 NOW £5 | Conc. WAS £7 NOW £3.50

Side View - Adult WAS £15 NOW £7.50 | Conc. WAS £10 NOW £5

Grandstand - Adult WAS £20 NOW £10 | Conc. WAS £15 NOW £7.50

Deluxe Grandstand - Adult WAS £25 NOW £12.50 | Conc. WAS £18 NOW £9

Ringside - Adult WAS £28 NOW £14 | Conc. WAS £21 NOW £10.50

Conc. prices are for ages 2-16 & OAP's. Children under 2, go free!!!

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PLEASE BOOK YOUR TICKETS BY PHONE WITH OUR BOX OFFICE
ON 07721 565558 (9AM- 9PM)
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BABUSHKIN SEKRET - The story behind the spectacle.
  
Inspired by the legend of the ‘12 Chairs’.

In Soviet Russia in 1927, a former member of nobility works as a desk clerk until his grandmother reveals on her deathbed that her family jewellery had been hidden from the Bolsheviks in one of the 12 chairs from the family’s dining room set.
  
Those chairs, along with all other personal property, had been expropriated by the government after the Russian Revolution.
  
The desk clerk, played by Valerik and his sidekick Valik, become a treasure hunter and the Bolsheviks try to track down the chairs.
  
The two ‘comrades’ find the chair set which is put out to the auction, but fail to buy it and afterwards find out that the set has been split up and sold individually.
  
They are not alone in their quest to find the jewels, but through a process of elimination, the two finally discover the location of the twelth and final chair – but will this chair contain the treasure?
  
Follow our buffoons in their quest for fame and fortune as they discover if their fate lies in the stars or in a fools paradise.
  
THE TWELVE CHAIRS - Other productions inspired by the story.
  
The book has not only inspired The Moscow State Circus in its latest production, but also a series of films and live comedy shows. In ‘Keep Your Seats Please’ (Ealing Studios, 1936) starring George Formby, the action takes place in England . Another difference between the book and the film was that this story revolved around seven chairs, not twelve. The comedy ‘It’s in the Bag!’ (1945) starring Fred Allen and Jack Benny was very loosely based on the novel, using just five chairs.
  
In 1962 Tomas Gutierrez Alea made a Cuban version titled ‘Las Doce Sillas’ in a tropical context starkly similar to the Soviet one of the novel. Mel Brooks later made a film more closely based on the novel titled ‘The Twelve Chairs’ (1970), but with a sanitised ‘happier’ ending. The story also served as the basis for the film ‘The Thirteen Chairs ‘(1969) starring Sharon Tate. Shortly after that, two adaptations were made in the USSR : a film in 1971 by Leonid Gaidai and a miniseries in 1976 by Mark Zakharov, featuring Andrei Mironov as Bender.
  
In total, the novel inspired as many as about twenty adaptations in Russia and abroad.

October 7, 2011